The world players' union FIFPro said that 28 days "is not enough time to play the 2022 World Cup," according to Brian Homewood of REUTERS. FIFPro General Secretary Theo van Seggelen said that "he was also worried about the possibility that domestic competitions could continue while the tournament in Qatar was underway." Van Seggelen said, "It's a continuing story. Our concern is that it is impossible for the players to play a tournament in four weeks. Can you imagine ... you play on Saturday and Sunday in the different competitions. Then on Monday they leave first to go to their own country. The coach asks them how they are and on the same day, they have to go to Qatar, they are traveling for two days, and then they play four or five or seven games. There is no rest period, there is no preparation for any national team, that's crazy." The int'l calendar for '19-22 "is still being drawn up and Van Seggelen said he understood the World Cup could start only a few days after a full weekend of domestic matches." This "would leave no preparation or training time for national sides," who usually have two weeks to warm up for an int'l tournament (REUTERS, 9/9).
